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spending and debt are a big issue but we have to increase economic growth. we only have 18,000 jobs coming out of the last jobs report which is embarrassing when you think we have more college graduates in minnesota and jobs coming out nationally. we want a tax code that will promote work, savings, and investment. what should be the focus on that in the context of debt and equity? >> i think there is a lot of economic literature that supports the notion of moving in the direction of a consumption tax. there are ways to get there. a comprehensive tax law would be one way to move in that direction. >> i think the basic principles of what we are aiming for many of us agree that we need to read doris -- reduce the distortions in the code that lead to not only a reduction in tax revenue but an incentive to engage in a wasteful tax planning. >> other and thought and helping small businesses? >> absolutely, the remarkable thing is the level of consensus what a good tax code would look like. is there a consensus on that? there's some notion of a consumption tax coup
spending and debt are a big issue but we have to increase economic growth. we only have 18,000 jobs coming out of the last jobs report which is embarrassing when you think we have more college graduates in minnesota and jobs coming out nationally. we want a tax code that will promote work, savings, and investment. what should be the focus on that in the context of debt and equity? >> i think there is a lot of economic literature that supports the notion of moving in the direction of a...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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we do have a genuine underlying problem that our debt and deficits are too big. senator mcconnell's approach solves the first problem. it does not solve the second problem. i would like to solve that second problem. >> are you looking at this option as one likely outcome at this point for can you share with us why there is some hope that the talks that have been going on might actually produce them? >> i always have hope. don't you remember my campaign? [laughter] even after being here to 0.5 years, i continue to have hope, because of the american people -- even after being here 2.5 years. there is still good, common sense. all we have to do is a line with that common-sense on this problem and it can get soft. i am assuming that at some point, members of congress are going to listen -- it can get solved. a number of republican former elected officials would say a balanced approach that includes some revenue is the right thing to do. the majority of republican voters say that approach is the right thing to do. the proposal that i was discussing with speaker boehne
we do have a genuine underlying problem that our debt and deficits are too big. senator mcconnell's approach solves the first problem. it does not solve the second problem. i would like to solve that second problem. >> are you looking at this option as one likely outcome at this point for can you share with us why there is some hope that the talks that have been going on might actually produce them? >> i always have hope. don't you remember my campaign? [laughter] even after being...
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it is hard to do a big package. our republican friends have said they are not willing to do revenues and they have repeated that on several occasions. i hope that they are listening not just to lobbyists for special interests here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people, because it turns out, many polls done by your organization show that it is not just democrats who show we need to take a balanced approach, many republicans do as well. many republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues. it is not just democrats. it is a majority of republicans. you have a whole slew of republican officials from previous administrations. you have a bipartisan commission that has said that we need revenues. this is not just a democratic understanding, this is an understanding that the american people believe we should not be asking sacrifices from middle- class folks who are working hard every day, from the most vulnerable in our s
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not paying for big rates, big cuts to forma, medicaid. not paying for to act -- for tax cuts. the president found himself $10 trillion in hole in dealing with the worst recession since the great depression, as well as having to come up with money for a recovery. where did those moneys go? most of them went to help states and municipalities. many used that to stabilize states with a stimulus package that many, including myself, did not think was strong enough to sustain economic recovery. we saw it, no matter how fragile, with the small recovery that we had. one-third of the money of a $1 billion package was utilized to help states and municipalities balance their budgets. one-third of the money, the largest tax cuts, went out in the history of the country. people did not really notice it. they started getting extra in their paycheck, but there was nothing in there that said -- this is a big tax cut for you. in one-third of it was used in infrastructure programs. not enough, in my estimation. certainly when we look at the construction work that needs to be done, that is what ne
not paying for big rates, big cuts to forma, medicaid. not paying for to act -- for tax cuts. the president found himself $10 trillion in hole in dealing with the worst recession since the great depression, as well as having to come up with money for a recovery. where did those moneys go? most of them went to help states and municipalities. many used that to stabilize states with a stimulus package that many, including myself, did not think was strong enough to sustain economic recovery. we saw...
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parts industry, which i didn't realize was having a difficult time but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts, and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet, because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody is internet? aren't we all just main street? , and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the inter internet, main street retailer in downtown sioux falls, south dakota is competing 3 the internet main street retailer in ogden, utah without the price differential, butting heads against each other trying to steal each other's local customers. # wanted to fix this problem given that there would not be any mainstream stores. i was taken aback because i could not figure a response. i could always think their response. it made me think. what have you tried? what if there is not mean streak in the sense that we think of it today? you can go online to the store around the corner by something dumb and have it shipped to you
parts industry, which i didn't realize was having a difficult time but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts, and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet, because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody is internet? aren't we all just main street? , and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the inter internet, main...
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he is a player, a big player. he has bags of money. he had stuffed the ballot box. its factories are shown bolting away at full tilt because he has some tax -- somehow gotten favors. but not just that, he has an open back in his lap. he had studied at to find out how to fool people. opposite him are the young labor -- is the young laborer with nothing to do in his factories. the idle on the wall is falling down, so how do you counter balance that? >> on the opposite side, on the right to the meat -- the entrance to the main reading room you have the figure of government. it is knowledge-based democracy. so there, the figure of government has an open book in her lap. she is informed. and everything is in balance. she is a respectable figure. and on the right is the figure of a young voter with books under his arm. he is going to cast his ballot having informed himself and there is an officer with grain and she is separating the wheat from the chaff of elected officials. and holding a balance scale, when you cannot speak with. the final is government at its best, prod
he is a player, a big player. he has bags of money. he had stuffed the ballot box. its factories are shown bolting away at full tilt because he has some tax -- somehow gotten favors. but not just that, he has an open back in his lap. he had studied at to find out how to fool people. opposite him are the young labor -- is the young laborer with nothing to do in his factories. the idle on the wall is falling down, so how do you counter balance that? >> on the opposite side, on the right to...
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he is a big player. he has bags of money. he has stuffed the ballot box. his factories are belching away, going full tilt, because somehow he has gotten favors. there is the money. he is holding it. not just that, he has an open book. he has studied at to figure out how to fool government. opposite him is a poor young laborer with nothing to do. his factories are idle. the wall is falling down. how do you counterbalance that? on the opposite side, on the right of the entrance to the main reading room, you have a figure of good government. it is accomplished through knowledge-based democracy. there, the figure of government has an open book in her lap. she is informed. everything is in balance. she is a very respectable figure versus the one before. on the right is a figure of a young voter with books under his arm. he is going to cast his ballot, having reformed himself. opposite is a young woman holding and are not with golden grain pouring out of it. she is separating the wheat from the chaff in the selection of elected officials. this figure of governme
he is a big player. he has bags of money. he has stuffed the ballot box. his factories are belching away, going full tilt, because somehow he has gotten favors. there is the money. he is holding it. not just that, he has an open book. he has studied at to figure out how to fool government. opposite him is a poor young laborer with nothing to do. his factories are idle. the wall is falling down. how do you counterbalance that? on the opposite side, on the right of the entrance to the main...
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for democrats, the big divide will be over seoul's security. the administration has signaled some willingness to start addressing social security and may be cutting a program of debt and that is something that many rank-and-file democrats say is a nonstarter for them. >> medicare? >> that is something that a lot of democrats have objections to. they see it as something back and use -- be used effectively for the in the 2012 elections. people don't like those cuts of they are unwilling to give that up as a political weapon. >> what does that mean for getting some sort of deal out of the house? is the dynamic the same in the senate? >> it is fairly similar in both chambers right now. right now, they're walking a tight line. the more the republicans know that they need 50 or 60 democrats to pass it out of the house. the problem is not anything except they have to give up certain things and push more republicans away. the way to balance losing republicans looking democrats is very difficult for them. you see the minority leader nancy pelosi and ste
for democrats, the big divide will be over seoul's security. the administration has signaled some willingness to start addressing social security and may be cutting a program of debt and that is something that many rank-and-file democrats say is a nonstarter for them. >> medicare? >> that is something that a lot of democrats have objections to. they see it as something back and use -- be used effectively for the in the 2012 elections. people don't like those cuts of they are...
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every sort of group that we have working on homeland security, getting citizens involved in this in a big way. building upon that spirit that you spoke about. >> thank you, governor. in washington, d.c., focusing on new york, these were high rise stories such as i shared at the outset with how to become resilience. anything that a more modest scale, that is the emotion that is tied to them. the deep emotions we are all familiar with online/11 is the shock and trauma. it will come back, if you acknowledge it will be there. now we need to harness it by asking -- what can you do? children, perhaps, asking, where were your parents on 9/11? what are they willing to do now? access like that would be powerful for many adults. my daughter just turned 16. she was 6 on 9/11. i know that she was focusing on this and saying that this is a part of the day. something that i think we could really help with in terms of bringing great strength back to our society. >> as we think about this, regarding resiliency and better inform citizens, the most important title and citizen, part of it also involves phys
every sort of group that we have working on homeland security, getting citizens involved in this in a big way. building upon that spirit that you spoke about. >> thank you, governor. in washington, d.c., focusing on new york, these were high rise stories such as i shared at the outset with how to become resilience. anything that a more modest scale, that is the emotion that is tied to them. the deep emotions we are all familiar with online/11 is the shock and trauma. it will come back, if...
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we play a big role but i see economic development as a public/private partnership. my trade missions introduced different businesses to companies and to governmental entities they would never have access to but for me. that is our partnership. washington state is most trade- dependent state in the nation. our ticket out of this recession is trade. our ports are booming. our exports are up. we know that is where our bread and butter lies. you cannot get that product onto that ship if you cannot get across a bridge or over a highway. that is where state government has to be a good partner, said a good climate, and work well with the business community to make it happen and involve the work with our labour community who oftentimes know the best way to insure efficiency and effectiveness in delivering what state government is responsible to do. >> you said one of the most difficult jobs in the country today is being a governor. do you think the republican party should nominate a candidate for president in 2012 was a former governor? we're talking about john hulsman who
we play a big role but i see economic development as a public/private partnership. my trade missions introduced different businesses to companies and to governmental entities they would never have access to but for me. that is our partnership. washington state is most trade- dependent state in the nation. our ticket out of this recession is trade. our ports are booming. our exports are up. we know that is where our bread and butter lies. you cannot get that product onto that ship if you cannot...
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that is a big difference. so the talk or some of the reports have indicated that republicans somehow have not given. i just tell you, that is not true. we'll work at $6.2 trillion, they are at $1.5 trillion at best. that is just the way it is. so what we want we said is that the speaker continues to set out there to change the system here. we want to go home to the people that elected us and show them that we're not going to allow this kind of spending to continue. we do not have the money, they do not have the money. we need to get the economy growing again and control spending here in washington. we're going to bring a bill next week's known as the cup, cap, and balanced bill to provide a balanced approach so that we can demonstrate that we are getting things under control and that the people who put us here in gain some confidence that we're going to begin to live like they do or around their kitchen tables and in their businesses, stops spending money we do not have, and begin to manage this deficit and de
that is a big difference. so the talk or some of the reports have indicated that republicans somehow have not given. i just tell you, that is not true. we'll work at $6.2 trillion, they are at $1.5 trillion at best. that is just the way it is. so what we want we said is that the speaker continues to set out there to change the system here. we want to go home to the people that elected us and show them that we're not going to allow this kind of spending to continue. we do not have the money,...
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big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the public to protect themselves from these hazards. it's really not our job to fence off the hazards of the national park. part of that is part of the experience. to see wild america, at least as much that we can create. in the case of the myrtle falls incident, there is a barrier and signs. unfortunately, these individuals crossed those, entered the water, slipped and went over the falls. it's incredibly tragic. we will renew our efforts to warn the public about these thing. yosemite this time of year would have very, very low water flows. because of all the snow, we got
big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the...
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i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going after the cutting-edge biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow, for example, brazil to run about a third of its transportation system on biofuels. now, they get it from sugar cane and it's a more efficient conversion process than corn-based ethanol. and so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept i think is the right way to go. q i believe you addressed this next one, so we're going to skip past it. the president: i did. q but from ryan: "i would cut defense spending." q and james: "i'd cut c
i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going...
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the coalition is to indulge in big three projects -- big great projects. they have this funny conservative point of view. max welch is not a a fan of that. >> richard nixon, you call him a colossus of your millennium. >> that is a reference to the illuminatus trilogy. it is it prepared a book of conspiracy theories. it is a statue in honor of nixon. >> what did you think of it? >> nixon? >> he is a fascinating psychological type. he was an odious personality. in a lot of ways, to column a tragic figure is to offer too much grander to -- grand your -- grandeur to a politician. richard nixon cannot enjoy his victories. he was tormented by what he perceived as his failures. >> bid to exchange rate again >> bid to exchange rate again just eight years to triple the federal debt. -- if it took ronald reagan just eight years to triple the federal debt. >> a lot of libertarians also >> a lot of libertarians also point to rate them -- to reagan. ronald reagan was not a libertarian. he gave a great interview in 1975 to "reason magazine." he said libertarianism is th
the coalition is to indulge in big three projects -- big great projects. they have this funny conservative point of view. max welch is not a a fan of that. >> richard nixon, you call him a colossus of your millennium. >> that is a reference to the illuminatus trilogy. it is it prepared a book of conspiracy theories. it is a statue in honor of nixon. >> what did you think of it? >> nixon? >> he is a fascinating psychological type. he was an odious personality. in a...
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deal, but not a big tax increase. or any tax increase. once again they will be challenged to expand on this sharp rhetorical edge. id is a distinction without much of a difference. a few close a tax loophole, it raises the taxes for someone. pretty much any change in the tax code that raises revenue could be portrayed by the people that have to pay the additional revenue. it is a very difficult dance. the speaker keeps talking about no new taxes on the american people. this seems to give him an opening to talk about revenues and businesses, like the corporate tax loophole that we heard about in the last few days. host: do we have any more details on the parameters of this meeting? what can you tell us? >> i have not seen anything coming across my blackberry this morning. host: same here. caller: i imagine it will obviously be after the news conference last night they talked about a willingness to meet. not only today, but every day until they get a deal. whether or not it will be that eight top congressional leaders,
deal, but not a big tax increase. or any tax increase. once again they will be challenged to expand on this sharp rhetorical edge. id is a distinction without much of a difference. a few close a tax loophole, it raises the taxes for someone. pretty much any change in the tax code that raises revenue could be portrayed by the people that have to pay the additional revenue. it is a very difficult dance. the speaker keeps talking about no new taxes on the american people. this seems to give him an...
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>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking even more jobs. i believe it is important we come to an agreement, but it has to be agreement there really does fundamentally change our spending and our debt situation. >> given how far apart you describe yourself, what you hope will come out of sunday? >> i do not know. a lot of conversations are continuing. in all honesty, i do not think things have narrowed. i do not think that this problem has narrowed at all in the last several days. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >>
>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking...
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there is a big issue coming up with regards to the debt ceiling. the president ought to be in washington meeting with republicans. meeting with democrats. he should not leave that town until he understands what is going to take to get this economy going again and with the fiscal crisis. he is year raising money for a campaign. he does not even have a primary opponent. the is going to raise $1 billion? we are not going to raise anywhere near that kind of money. focus on getting americans back to work. that is where he ought to be spending his time. >> let's do them one at a time. how can i assured voters i will do a better job. i can assure voters that i would spend every waking moment doing what i could to get americans back to work. i would focus my energy and passion on the economy and on giving americans a good jobs. secondly, i spent 25 years in the private sector. i know what jobs leave. i know what they come. i have seen success and i have seen failure. in large of the economy works. the president is a nice guy and i know he is trying, but he
there is a big issue coming up with regards to the debt ceiling. the president ought to be in washington meeting with republicans. meeting with democrats. he should not leave that town until he understands what is going to take to get this economy going again and with the fiscal crisis. he is year raising money for a campaign. he does not even have a primary opponent. the is going to raise $1 billion? we are not going to raise anywhere near that kind of money. focus on getting americans back to...
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it's a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the thing that is goes along. then we can drive out and go out to where it says clays, which is one of the types of minerals. and that patch of green there is a place that we would study. then we go up into where it says sullfathes another kind of a hydrated mineral and then we work our way up the mound. so we're exploring a jee logical environment that consists of a stack of layers. so let me skip to the next one. why do these layers matter? well, this is the history of geological exploration on earth and 150 years ago when explorers discovered the grand canyon they discord these layers of rock. if you start at the bottom of the pile of layers and go to the top, it's like reading a novel and we think that's going to be a great novel about the evolution of mars that offers strong prospects potentially for the discovery of habittable environments and maybe even a shot at potentially discovering organic compounds. but even if we don't find those orgnicks what we learned like studying a place like the grand canyon is
it's a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the thing that is goes along. then we can drive out and go out to where it says clays, which is one of the types of minerals. and that patch of green there is a place that we would study. then we go up into where it says sullfathes another kind of a hydrated mineral and then we work our way up the mound. so we're exploring a jee logical environment that consists of a stack of layers. so let me skip to the next one. why do these...
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. >> i see much more that the students are looking for technology that can make a big impact. many times they are for economic good. a lot of times they are four countries that cannot afford better health care or less expensive ways of getting energy sources to a different part of the world. that is something students are very passionate about. as a professor, you always are having to weigh things out in terms of how you provide the best education for your students to go toward banning their ph.d. you want to make sure they are doing the basic science and technology. it's great to have the final impact in technology or underdeveloped countries or inexpensive health care. we have other programs where the students go and work in other countries in either economics or engineering and science where they try to make an impact locally based on technologies that they develop in clauses or at mit or other places and the young people are excited about that. the bank is so much for your participation. -- thank you so much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 20
. >> i see much more that the students are looking for technology that can make a big impact. many times they are for economic good. a lot of times they are four countries that cannot afford better health care or less expensive ways of getting energy sources to a different part of the world. that is something students are very passionate about. as a professor, you always are having to weigh things out in terms of how you provide the best education for your students to go toward banning...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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and i love the big east basketball tournament. a couple years ago, two of our teams played six overtimes. they were so exhausted, they weren't very competitive in the ncaa. but we insisted that they play until they dropped. my native state, the yuste of arkansas was involved with kentucky a few years ago in a football game that went to six overtimes and the score was 71-63, it sounded like basketball. it's fun to watch, but it's not a good model for the way society has to work. woe don't require there to be a lot of losers. now, what does it mean for where we are now? in contrast to the vision the president has laid out of shared prosperity and shared responsibilities and a deeply widening community, the current govepbing philosophy of the republicans in congress is that america would be just fine if we can weaken the government more. the government is the source of all our problems. there is no such thing as a good tax, no such good thing as a regular laying, no such thing as a bad deregulation. all these programs are a waste of
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to put their big ideas into practice. if you are studying a discipline today a you have a great career ahead of you, not just at nasa or at other government institutions. when the final shuttle landing occurs, and the cheers subside, we will keep on moving toward where we want to go next. your kids and my grandkids, they are going to do things today that we can barely three months. our nation has made great progress throughout its history by innovating systems -- solutions to meet challenges. these challenges motivate a technological work force, but also created new technologies along the way. these achievements inspired generations to pursue challenges and the goals, created new industries, and improved our country and our world. 50 years ago, a young president gave nasa a grand challenge. they chose of gas a day not simplicity. in accomplishing the goal, nasa defined america and made a lasting impression on the national security and geopolitical landscape of our times. today we have another young president, barack obama
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we institutionally -- when you run a big institution you have to make sure it is not a check the box issue. we have leaders in our produce and we try to create incentives to allow the tasking leaders to work on products that have particular gender dimensions. i want to build it into the dna of people doing this. any time you face a challenge like this, you have to decide on building it as a separate capacity or trying to learn and then integrate it into the organization. we have tried to use the pilots in specialized aspects, trying to use research to increase people's attentiveness, but then how you scale it up. >> one more question. we have two minutes. that is our time. can you briefly comment on the latest demise of the world trade talks? >> i did this recently. i got a little attention. what i would just say is this. the general environment is that doha is doomed. people are looking beyond it. i believe that this would be an extreme tragedy for the international system. at the time we talk about pro- growth trade, we have seen it be one of the best drivers of growth. my own beli
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in big cities, that means that the boys are allowed to roam free after-school and the women have to come home and help out in the household. and then they develop a set of skills that are somewhat transferable to the labor force and they stay out of trouble more. you see them getting better grades, getting better jobs, more likely to go to college. there are certain gender patterns of integration. >> on the iranians in particular? >> that is fairly consistent with what you mentioned. the best ass high long as we're on the muslim issue, the relief comes from every place around the world. there is no country of origin that accounts for more than 8% of american muslims, another huge difference with europe. the iranians in particular, given the historical and political circumstances, they have tended to be more westernize. they are the least religious moslem group in this country. on the latino side, a cuban- americans tended to be quite middle class, fairly educated, and among latinos, the most secularized of the group. >> we will be taking our last question on the left. >> all factoid for
in big cities, that means that the boys are allowed to roam free after-school and the women have to come home and help out in the household. and then they develop a set of skills that are somewhat transferable to the labor force and they stay out of trouble more. you see them getting better grades, getting better jobs, more likely to go to college. there are certain gender patterns of integration. >> on the iranians in particular? >> that is fairly consistent with what you...
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in short, the guys with the big checks don't want reform or change. they've never had it so good. that is why no one running for president talks about solving the problem. on fair trade, stealing our best jobs, institutional corruption or of washington, d.c. -- they need the money to win. i run for president by accepted no pac money, no contribution over $100 per person and full disclosure no matter what the size of the gift, $5 or $75. we must break the stranglehold of special interests on a tax code you cannot lead, a budget that will never be balanced, debt that cannot be repaid, and the reform of wall street banks who live by their greed and illegal activities. health care reform that does not drive down the cost and we send american jobs overseas day after day. there's only one way to get control of our country away from the special interests -- don't take their blood money. don't take their pac money. don't take their bundled the money. the president must be free to challenge and change washington and our current president -- he is raising $1 billion while in office. with my
in short, the guys with the big checks don't want reform or change. they've never had it so good. that is why no one running for president talks about solving the problem. on fair trade, stealing our best jobs, institutional corruption or of washington, d.c. -- they need the money to win. i run for president by accepted no pac money, no contribution over $100 per person and full disclosure no matter what the size of the gift, $5 or $75. we must break the stranglehold of special interests on a...
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i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their kids to and could do dinner once in awhile. because for a decade, wages and incomes have flat line. koss kept going up for everybody even though they did not have any more income. that is before the economic crisis. we were ablehit, to save them from collapse. we make sure that the automobile company ceo's were making the bonuses. we did it because he wanted to make sure that families who needed help could still take out loans to buy a house are starting a business. we wanted to make sure the millions of people who dealt with the automobile industry woul
i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their...
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the vast majority of economists said it is not a big deal to read -- increased taxes during a recession. the democrats think the rich should have more a burden. we already have a progressive tax cause of the rich to pay more in taxes. if they want the rich to have more of a burden in trying to figure out how to correct the debt problem, one way we could do it which is a common ground is means testing on benefits. that would allow the rich to absorb more of a burden and would allow them to pay more for their medicare and i think this would please the democrats and it would be the compromise because republicans, most of us don't want to raise taxes but we would accept the risk having more of the burden by reducing their benefits. >> the tax code is pretty complicated. we keep hearing suggestions about delaying the decision making and doing a temporary measure. would you support a temporary fix to tackle the bigger subjects? >> i was part of a group this week that said no more, we are tired about talking about extraneous issues. there was not one minute of debate about the death still in a
the vast majority of economists said it is not a big deal to read -- increased taxes during a recession. the democrats think the rich should have more a burden. we already have a progressive tax cause of the rich to pay more in taxes. if they want the rich to have more of a burden in trying to figure out how to correct the debt problem, one way we could do it which is a common ground is means testing on benefits. that would allow the rich to absorb more of a burden and would allow them to pay...
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now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president supports the plan by senate majority leader harry reid which includes $2.70 trillion in savings, no tax increases, and no cuts to social security or medicare. the president spoke from the east room of >> the government had a surplus but the money was spent on the two wars and expensive prescription drug program. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion, the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant that there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on text cuts for middle-class families to spur the economy and unemployment insurance, and aid to
now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president...
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i do not think oil companies should continue to get big tax breaks when they make tens of billions in profits. i do not think hedge fund managers should pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. i do not think it is fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family sees their income decline over the last decade. when many of you are just trying to stretch every $1 as far as it will go. we should not put the burden of deficit reduction on the backs of people who have already borne the brunt of this recession. it is not reasonable and it is not right. if we are going to have seniors, students, middle-class americans to separate, then we have to ask corporations and wealthy americans to share. we have to ask everyone to play their part because we are all a part of the same country. we are all in this together. i have put things on the table important to me and democrats, and i expect republican leaders to do the same. after all, we have worked together like this before. ronald reagan worked with tip o'neill to raise revenues and reform social security. bill clinton w
i do not think oil companies should continue to get big tax breaks when they make tens of billions in profits. i do not think hedge fund managers should pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. i do not think it is fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family sees their income decline over the last decade. when many of you are just trying to stretch every $1 as far as it will go. we should not put the burden of deficit reduction on the backs of people who have already...
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the senate is about big business. big business bottom line is about making money. republicans are making their money by lower taxes. they make profit by tax breaks. they would not need to hire more people to raise revenue. that's the plan. it will turn us all into slaves to big business. thank you, pedro. host: caller. go ahead. caller: i'm josh from new jersey. host: go ahead. caller: my family all things obama is so wrong about the limit we are discussing. he needs to address the problems of the nation in that we are all, all, all, all -- we are all trying to payoff a debt that he cannot deal with. host: as far as your confidence level, do you think he'll be able to do that by august 2? caller: we, republicans, are trying to deal with it. he's not trying to address it in a way that's actually going to pay it off in any sort of time that's going to be dealt with in terms we are doing next couple years, next eight years gone. so, no, no, no. i've got a lot to say. i wish the republican's fear about that. host: again, reach us on various lines on your screen and ema
the senate is about big business. big business bottom line is about making money. republicans are making their money by lower taxes. they make profit by tax breaks. they would not need to hire more people to raise revenue. that's the plan. it will turn us all into slaves to big business. thank you, pedro. host: caller. go ahead. caller: i'm josh from new jersey. host: go ahead. caller: my family all things obama is so wrong about the limit we are discussing. he needs to address the problems of...
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a big thanks to mitt romney. thank you. [applause] >> our political coverage continues with the discussion on how democratic activists feel toward president obama and the debt reduction talks. this is about 45 minutes. dot org you thofrment also the vice president of the center for american progress. appreciate your time. let me share with you this headline from the washingn examiner. the president's prospects with regard to re-election. is this moment and maybe this week a make or break moment for the president? caller: i think so. heading into a deadline of august second and the deal has got to happen this week in order for the nations economic rate togeer survive. i think the bond agencies have h said you have to have long-term repercussions so it's important they get that deal this week and you have to strike that grand bargain. that's where president obama said you have to go over the long-term. in order to have sca debt reduction you have to have taxes particularly on the wealthy. paying an among the lowest they have.
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on one hand we're talking about lowering the rate and lowering tax expenditures yet we have a very big one called a & d and we're competing with germany and it's got major manufacturing incentives and taking our new clean energy ideas because of their tax snevts. so how do we do that while legitimately dealing with the other issues you raise while at the same time because there are other tax incentives? >> i'll speak next. my advice. folks -- it means getting the rates as low as you can and the marginal rate is where a lot of investment systems get made and so having a lower marginal rate is more important than incentive package answered when it comes to making a choice between a marginal rate and incentive package i'd choose the lower rate and get rid of the incentives. >> but you agree with that even if it gets rid of the r & d tax credit? >> i think as far as it's been a foundation for the i.t. industry that has really propelled growth for this country over the past decades, so i think as a combination of factors, we need to be competitive as a country or we stand to lose something
on one hand we're talking about lowering the rate and lowering tax expenditures yet we have a very big one called a & d and we're competing with germany and it's got major manufacturing incentives and taking our new clean energy ideas because of their tax snevts. so how do we do that while legitimately dealing with the other issues you raise while at the same time because there are other tax incentives? >> i'll speak next. my advice. folks -- it means getting the rates as low as you...
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that is when you make big decisions. your more intelligence. hosni mubarak had 30 years of leverage on his side to reform egypt, and what did he do? he actually joked people more -- choked people more and more every day, and then he tried to do in six days what he should have done over 16 years. it did not work and he collapsed. that asymmetry in power today between israel and the surrounding arab states and the palestinians has never been greater. it has so much leverage on its side. we have an israeli prime minister who has this armed coast rica. -- who behaves as if israel is a disarmed coaster rica. the palestinians have made every mistake in the book, because they were just the flip side of that. you had an israeli prime minister who was offering them up peace initiative, and they played games around that. and let's give bibi his due. they had a nine month freeze and in the ninth month, the palestinians showed up. i think this is on a tragic track. you have zero meaningful leadership on both sides and they are heading for a train wreck at
that is when you make big decisions. your more intelligence. hosni mubarak had 30 years of leverage on his side to reform egypt, and what did he do? he actually joked people more -- choked people more and more every day, and then he tried to do in six days what he should have done over 16 years. it did not work and he collapsed. that asymmetry in power today between israel and the surrounding arab states and the palestinians has never been greater. it has so much leverage on its side. we have...
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so it's a mixture of big airports and small airport that have gotten into best practices in terms of what are the kinds of things appropriate for each airport. >> again, let me go on to mr. lord. i have a lot of questions in a limited amount of time. you're talking about spending on, for instance, baggage screening equipment. i'll speak from experience the airport i use most is the corpus christi airport. we have three airlines, american, continental with small regional jets and southwest with 737's. each individual airline has a screening machine staffed by two t.s.a. agents. we bought three machines for the corpus christi airport. and there's probably a fourth one because delta used to come in there. why couldn't there just be one and a couple of t.s.a. agents? there are never that many people there. why are -- do we have any clue why we're spending multiple -- >> that's a great question. t.s.a. has an electronic baggage screening program which they're trying to move to what they term optimal solutions for each airport. essentially what that means in many cases they're trying to re
so it's a mixture of big airports and small airport that have gotten into best practices in terms of what are the kinds of things appropriate for each airport. >> again, let me go on to mr. lord. i have a lot of questions in a limited amount of time. you're talking about spending on, for instance, baggage screening equipment. i'll speak from experience the airport i use most is the corpus christi airport. we have three airlines, american, continental with small regional jets and southwest...
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host: president obama, go big on the debt sale. my number one focus is getting our economy back to a place where businesses can grow and hire. extending tax relief for middle class families and putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding roads and highways. in the past few months they have said, we are willing to cut historic limits in order to reduce our deficit. rpt president obama also said about raising revenues. it is a position that's been taken by everyone from warren buffet to bill o'reilly. it is a position taken in the senate by republicans that are working on a promising plan of their own he writes "right now we have the opportunity to do something big and meaningful." we go to north carolina. we continue our take-off of the wall street journal headline, "america nears the brink." caller: i don't care. they can keep my disability, they can keep my pension. i'll just work like my mom and dad and everybody else did, until i die 678 that's just how it is. it is. like i heard a guy say on the military channel, th
host: president obama, go big on the debt sale. my number one focus is getting our economy back to a place where businesses can grow and hire. extending tax relief for middle class families and putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding roads and highways. in the past few months they have said, we are willing to cut historic limits in order to reduce our deficit. rpt president obama also said about raising revenues. it is a position that's been taken by everyone from warren buffet...
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meanwhile the big deal pro accused by the president. amid's criticism opposed to an additional revenue. from the "new york times" gop says debt concerns them more than re-election. one fact in the story from robert per. the sheer size of debt as rapid growth have been bold in the house. preempting some of them to pledge not to vote for a higher debt ceiling even a compromise can be reached when the u.s. treasury saying it capped out. since the president took office in january of 2009 during the send. the total federal debt energy including the government has increased 35 percent. while the debt has exploded the economy has remained stagnant and the debt shared in thegpd has also increased. that's from the jump page of the "new york times" also on-line. we'll get next to, ty from kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. and thank you c-span for offering the citizen of american a platform. i have a million things to say to o to feel free to cut me off. my name is,dy. i'm not a republican or democrat and nor will i ever be. it's 2011
meanwhile the big deal pro accused by the president. amid's criticism opposed to an additional revenue. from the "new york times" gop says debt concerns them more than re-election. one fact in the story from robert per. the sheer size of debt as rapid growth have been bold in the house. preempting some of them to pledge not to vote for a higher debt ceiling even a compromise can be reached when the u.s. treasury saying it capped out. since the president took office in january of 2009...
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. >> i want to talk about the big month coming up in iowa in august. there's a lot going on in the g.o.p. primary. can you handicap the race for us a little bit in iowa and specifically handicap the straw poll, as you see it now, a couple of weeks out? >> well, first of all, it's a very fluid situation. as you know, the last time romney won the poll but then the iowa caucuses was won by governor huckabee. since huckabee decided relatively late not to run, things are wide open. and romney is not competing in the straw poll. so, you know, the two -- romney is the national frontrunner but not competing in the straw poll. so you've got a wide open situation. congressman michelle bachmann was born and raised in iowa. i think she got off to a really good start here. governor pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota, although he's not done well in the polls, he may surprise some people i think he may do better than people expect. also, you got ron paul, who's going to be competitive in this. herman cane. rick santorum. just recently rick perry, although he'
. >> i want to talk about the big month coming up in iowa in august. there's a lot going on in the g.o.p. primary. can you handicap the race for us a little bit in iowa and specifically handicap the straw poll, as you see it now, a couple of weeks out? >> well, first of all, it's a very fluid situation. as you know, the last time romney won the poll but then the iowa caucuses was won by governor huckabee. since huckabee decided relatively late not to run, things are wide open. and...
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twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bartisan bills in here where wve cut money, gnificant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7 billion here, go through the senate with vast majority votes only to go nowhere. because the allowance for the deba on the underlying bills was stopped. the bills were pulled. so what do we do? well, the first thing we do is we look at what the problems are. what are the problems? we have a hundred different programs with a hundred sets of bureaucracies for surface transportation alone. why do we do that? why haven't we fixed it? that's a question the american people ought to be asking. we have 82 programs to
twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bartisan bills in here where wve cut money, gnificant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7...
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that is the really big question. mp's delayed their summer holidays to discuss the hacking scandal rather than the economic crisis in the united states and eurozone. >> that is it for our look at the summer term in parliament. "the record review" will return when parliament gets back in september. for now, did by. -- for now, goodbye. ♪ >> if you want to be informed about what is happening in the world, it is not so hard. c-span has a digital online archive the go back to a 1987. you can basically whatch anythig that happened in the house or senate chambers on your screen. there are sources of information that were not imaginable 20 years ago. >> the c-span video library makes it easy to follow washington with instant access. it is all searchable, share a will, and free -- shareable, and free. the u.s. house returns to legislative businesses at noon today. on the agenda is $27.5 billion in interior department spending. over 100 amendments are expected. extending the term of the current fbi director is among other l
that is the really big question. mp's delayed their summer holidays to discuss the hacking scandal rather than the economic crisis in the united states and eurozone. >> that is it for our look at the summer term in parliament. "the record review" will return when parliament gets back in september. for now, did by. -- for now, goodbye. ♪ >> if you want to be informed about what is happening in the world, it is not so hard. c-span has a digital online archive the go back...
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being governor of a big state like texas is successful in economic development. harry -- perry also has a following among economic and social conservatives, so he has the potential to appeal to a broad base of republican caucus goers. >> do you think if he were to get into the race, he would be in competition to win the caucuses? >> it is hard to say. it all depends upon how much time he spends in iowa, how good an organization he puts together, and what kind of vision he is able to show where he would leave the country -- lead the country. >> with rick perry getting into the caucus, doesn't it romney need to rethink where he is setting? >> it is my and standing that his strategy this time is not to spend a lot of time and money here early in the straw poll, but instead but his focus on -- he is going to participate in the debate, and he intends to compete in the caucasus, and i think he recognizes you cannot be a national front runner and not compete in the first state. >> governor perry would come in on the right flank of the republican party. he is a conservat
being governor of a big state like texas is successful in economic development. harry -- perry also has a following among economic and social conservatives, so he has the potential to appeal to a broad base of republican caucus goers. >> do you think if he were to get into the race, he would be in competition to win the caucuses? >> it is hard to say. it all depends upon how much time he spends in iowa, how good an organization he puts together, and what kind of vision he is able to...
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spending, more big government. it would be very helpful to us to be able to say to the american people that our fiscal house is in order. the question now is, what should we be doing to win the future and make ourselves more competitive and create jobs? whatever the government is doing that creates waste, we should eliminate it. thank you, guys. thank you, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this weekend on c-span, live from salt lake city, the nation's governors look at the nest -- lessons of 9/11. look for live coverage saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern. the national governors association this weekend online come on c-span radio, and on c- span. >> this is the members from here at the library of congress. a private room for senators and house members. if they can also have their personal records held here at the library. how many congressional records are there? you will find out in c-span's original
spending, more big government. it would be very helpful to us to be able to say to the american people that our fiscal house is in order. the question now is, what should we be doing to win the future and make ourselves more competitive and create jobs? whatever the government is doing that creates waste, we should eliminate it. thank you, guys. thank you, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this weekend...
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we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we have a gym. we have several bedrooms. it is probably one of the more spacious homes that there is outside of planet earth. the well, look, while this mission marks the final flight of the space shuttle program, it also ushers in an exciting new era to push the frontiers of space exploration and human space flight people subject back -- human space flight. you will continue to operate the iss for coming years and seek to advance technology and development. our task nasa with an addition to developing new systems and kinds of sp
we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we...
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, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the iluminados trilogy by robert anton wilson and robert shea, where throughout it, it's a great parody book of a kind of conspiracy theory that came out in the early to mid-'70s, and throughout it a character is trying to raise money to build a stature in honor of nixon, they called the "colossus of yorba linda." >> what did you think of him? >> of nixon? >> yes. >> nixon is a -- i think he is a fascinating, psychological type and he was an odious personality, and in a lot of ways, i -- to call him a tragic figure is probably to offer too much grandeur to -- to simply a politician, but it's -- it's fascinating -- what -- what
, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the...
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this is a big deal. this is not a cent month, bill, we want to work together and to have something that has bipartisanship that has balance consensus and enough democratic votes to put something over the top that most people don't want to vote for. this must be reflective of our values. >> taking it to a higher plane. the opportunity for jobs for our working families, the education of our children as we reduce the deficit. what are you hearing from your members when you talk about preserving these values with these entitlement programs, but making alterations to than that may be part of a grand bargain? our members drawing a line in the sand and saying that this is a chain? >> no, can the -- cutting benefits is exactly that, cutting benefits. there many initiatives that we try to affect in the affordable health care bill. whether it was the jewel eligibles, not to get too technical about it, but giving the secretary of the ability to negotiate for lower prices for pharmaceuticals. it is a cost-savings. i
this is a big deal. this is not a cent month, bill, we want to work together and to have something that has bipartisanship that has balance consensus and enough democratic votes to put something over the top that most people don't want to vote for. this must be reflective of our values. >> taking it to a higher plane. the opportunity for jobs for our working families, the education of our children as we reduce the deficit. what are you hearing from your members when you talk about...
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but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting the breaks, but small businesses, too. too. we need to reach out to those important constituents which are important to the middle of the electorate. if democrats can turn that around, it will be a big improvement in 2012 and beyond. host: on twitter. guest: i believe there is a political reality and a policy reality. i believe with minority leader pelosi and most americans that large-scale been that cuts should be off the table. plan, itike the ryan is terrible. also terrible politically. if you want to have but $4 trillion granted deficit deal, there will have to be compromising. there prob
but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting...
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if you cut without a plan, you can hit a big artery. you can blow a huge artery and that's the scariest thing going on right now. we are having a debate about cutting without any plan of where we're going and the point we tried to make in the book is i am not a -- i'm not about april 15. i'm about july 4. july 4 is now at stake. i'm not after american solvency. i'm after preserving american greatness. that is not the discussion we're having. >> we entered the debt and deficit crisis eight or nine months ago, the president appointed a commission that was courageous and did what he asked them. the simpson-bowles commission as that mentioned. it gave pretty good blueprint that you could have built upon. what kept our system from just embracing that and moving with it? >> i would say two things. two things are standing in the way. i think we suffered a real
if you cut without a plan, you can hit a big artery. you can blow a huge artery and that's the scariest thing going on right now. we are having a debate about cutting without any plan of where we're going and the point we tried to make in the book is i am not a -- i'm not about april 15. i'm about july 4. july 4 is now at stake. i'm not after american solvency. i'm after preserving american greatness. that is not the discussion we're having. >> we entered the debt and deficit crisis eight...